1931 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1931 U.S. National Championships
Final
Champion	Helen Wills Moody
Runner-up	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall[1]
Score	6–4, 6–1
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
← 1930 · U.S. National Championships · 1932 →

First-seeded Helen Wills Moody defeated Eileen Bennett Whittingstall 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1931 U.S. National Championships.^[1]

Seeds

The tournament used two lists of eight players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Helen Wills Moody is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.^[2][3]

Draw

Final eight

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Helen Wills Moody	6	6
	7	Dorothy Weisel	1	2
								1	Helen Wills Moody	6	6
								(2)	Phyllis Mudford	2	4
	3	Anna McCune Harper	6	3	2
	(2)	Phyllis Mudford	4	6	6
															1	Helen Wills Moody	6	6
															(4)	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	4	1
	2	Helen Jacobs	6	3	6
	(3)	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	3	6	8
								(4)	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	6	3	6
								(1)	Betty Nuthall	2	6	4
	(5)	Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	2	1
	(1)	Betty Nuthall	6	6

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